· January, 2013

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Stories about Filipino from January, 2013

Philippines: US Navy Ship Damages ‘Protected’ Tubbataha Reefs

  23 January 2013

Filipino netizens, environmentalists, and nationalists are angry after a United States Navy minesweeper, the USS Guardian, caused damage to the corals of the Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea. The Tubbataha Reefs was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. It is a protected marine area that is off-limits to ships.

Philippines: Anti-Cybercrime Law Denounced as ‘Cyber Martial Law’

  21 January 2013

More voices in the Philippines are questioning the Cybercrime Prevention Law as the oral arguments on the petitions against the law are being heard in the Supreme Court. The law was denounced by activists as a 'Cyber Martial Law' because of provisions that would limit free speech and expression in the internet sphere

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